Sunday, August 12, 2012

Sweet bronze for Longosiwa, Jelimo ousted



Thomas Longosiwa won bronze in the 5,000m race in which Great Britain’s Mo Farah took gold and Ethiopia’s Dejen Gebremeskel silver.
By Robin Toskin
Thomas Pkemoi Longosiwa won Kenya another precious Olympic bronze medal in 5000m, and his second in the greatest athlete’s event on earth, after a lung-bursting dash to the tape in London.
Longosiwa’s bronze came on a night poster girl Pamela Jelimo relinquished her gold medal she won four years ago in Beijing, China, as she was swept aside by Russia’s Mariya Savinova who returned 1:56.19. South Africa’s Caster Semenya late kick saw her win silver medal in 1:57.23.
Jelimo wilted a few metres from the finish line as another Russian, Ekaterina Poistogova, posted 1:57.53 for bronze Janeth Jepkosgei finished last in 2:00.19.
In the 5000m, Youngster Isiah Kiplagat Koech timed 13:43.83 for fifth place behind former homeboy Bernard Lagat who now races for the United States.
Great Britain’ s Mo Farah won it in 13:41.66  to beat Ethiopia’s Dejen Gebremeskel, who ran 13.41.96 min to win silver.
Farah’s feat meant he completed a double having won the 10,000m gold medal.

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